{"product_id":"9781426959165","title":"The Pointy House Murders","description":"Tony De Vita exposes the idiosyncratic facades of inimitable characters – any veneer of civility, conformity, is peeled back as their behavior exposes the subterfuge that transform an idyllic landscape into an arcane thicket of deceit - and murder.     Builders Sal Ridiccio, acrophobic master craftsman and Julius, younger brother who would rather nail a pliant broad than a plywood board.   Su, Chinese wife, owner of ‘Pointy House’ with husband, Skip Meriwether, painter with two ears and poet without a hunchback.   Regina, current wife of Julius, steel tipped shoed, with a steel tipped tongue who asserts Julius moves his lips when he reads the back of a cereal box.    Melissa, first wife of Julius, redheaded firebrand who is determined to solve murders for …   Trooper Detective John Demetrius. Tagged “Cockeye” for his physical perambulations and cerebral perturbations by partner Tim “Kraze” Kurtz.   Lilliputian ‘Moe’ Brown, brobdingnagian wheeler-dealer - verbally vulgar Blue Mingoe Casino facilitator.  Babs and Mandy, ‘Moe’s’ nieces\/bodyguards - with more plastic in their revealing bras than in their concealed holsters.   Joe Smith, Gooey Pond Park Ranger - Native American Blue Mingoe - who swaps peanuts for his squirrels for chips of his Blue Mingoe Casino.","brand":"Trafford Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47153837244656,"sku":"9781426959165","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781426959165_p0.jpg?v=1763747182","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781426959165","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}